SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Melissa Hurtado, Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a champion of Valley Values, today applauded the launch of the National Farm Security Action Plan by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and the bipartisan push in Congress to stop foreign governments from acquiring U.S. farmland.

Senator Sasha Renée Pérez issues statement on immigration enforcement agents delaying medical treatment to a Los Angeles County woman and hospitals’ responsibilities to protect patients

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SACRAMENTO – Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, issued the following statement in response to U.S. Congress passing legislation pushed by President Trump that extends tax cuts and slashes funding for food banks, health care and other vital services.

Lawmakers and advocates unite to oppose militarized enforcement targeting immigrant communities

SACRAMENTO – La Senadora Catherine Blakespear, Demócrata por Encinitas, emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta a la aprobación por parte del Congreso de los Estados Unidos de una legislación impulsada por el presidente Trump que extiende los recortes de impuestos y recorta drásticamente los fondos para bancos de alimentos, atención médica y otros servicios vitales.

Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) reaffirmed her commitment to protecting critical funding for California’s working families through the signing of the Budget Act of 2025, passed by the State Senate last week. In a year of tough budget decisions threatening rollbacks to essential protections, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas fought to ensure that the urgent needs of working families, immigrants, and communities of color were not ignored.

La Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Ángeles) reafirmó su compromiso de proteger los fondos cruciales para las familias trabajadoras de California mediante la firma de la Ley de Presupuesto de 2025, aprobada por el Senado Estatal la semana pasada. En un año de difíciles decisiones presupuestarias que amenazaron con reducir protecciones esenciales, la Senadora Smallwood-Cuevas luchó para garantizar que las necesidades urgentes de las familias trabajadoras, los inmigrantes y las comunidades de color no fueran ignoradas.

SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Assembly Committee on Education voted to approve Senate Bill 638, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The transformative measure would create the California Middle Class Pipeline Project, tasked with eliminating traditional barriers to career technical education and workforce development programs. The Pipeline Project would work with educational institutions and private industry to reimagine career technical education in the state, bringing it in line with the needs of the 21st century economy. Earlier this week, the California Legislature approved and Governor Newsom signed the 2025/2026 State Budget into law in which Senator Padilla secured $1.5 million to establish the Middle Class Pipeline as well as $150 million for strategic grant for workforce development programs in high-unemployment and low-income regions of the state.

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to stop the exploitation of the state’s housing density bonus law on Wednesday passed the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.